Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government 2007-2012 sets out the Government's intentions in this regard and includes plans to:

establish the GPO as a museum of celebration of Irish progress and achievement across a broad spectrum as a landmark 1916 centenary project;

support the creation of programmes of events in all cities and towns in Ireland;.

make available to historians and to the public, records of the Military Pensions Archive in the Department of Defence;

advance the redevelopment of Glasnevin Cemetery as part of the preparations for 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising.

restore 16 Moore Street and establish therein an interpretative centre, linked to the refurbished GPO, to honour those who fought in the 1916 Rising;

ensure a prominent cultural component to the 1916 Centenary commemoration;

provide a fund to which community groups can apply for support for the refurbishment of existing monuments commemorating events in the 1913-23 period.